Buggy-seat brace.



No. 767,390. PATENTED AUG. 16, 1904. T. D. GLENDINING. BUGGY SEAT BRAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1904.

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THOMAS D. OLENDINING, OF FORDYCE, ARKANSAS.

BUGGY-SEAT BRACE- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.767,390, dated. August 16, 1904.

Application filed May 23, 1904. Serial No. 209,236. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. CLENDINING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Fordyce, in the county of Dallas and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBuggy-Seat Braces; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention is a buggy-seat brace; and it consists in a lower cross-barand side braces running up to the shifting rods of the buggytop securedto said cross-bar by pins, nuts, or

' other substantial means.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a buggybed, seat, and top with my invention secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a detailview showing part of the buggybed, side-bar, end of the cross-bar, andthe nut. Fig. 3 is a detail showing one end and the under face of thecross-bar, the lower end ff ine of the side-bars, the lock-nut, and pin-My invention is described as follows:

The numeral 1 represents the buggy-bed; 2, the seat; 3, the shiftingrods, and 4 the top.

It is well understood by the trade that the buggy-seat is never verysecurely fastened to the bed and is liable to be broken loose,especially on rough country roads, and especially is this so when theseat is a jump-seat. By this we mean that the seat is so constructedthat it may he slipped back on the bed for the purpose of allowing theuse of a small seat in front. To remedy the evil of the seat workingloose is the object of my invention.

Running across the bottom of the bed 1 is a cross-bar 5, having in eachend a vertical perforation 6. Running up through these perforations 6 oneach side of the seat are side braces 7 the upper ends of which areformed into hooks 8 and are hooked over the shifting rods 3 of the topA. The lower ends of said side-bars 7 after passing through theperforations 6 in the lower ends of said cross-bar 5 are threaded andsecured in place by a nut 9. The threaded ends of said side-bars areprovided each with a vertical groove 10, cutting through the saidthread. The nut is also provided with a vertical groove 11, cuttingthrough its thread, the two grooves registering with each other. Whenthe nutsare screwed on and the said grooves register with each other, apin 12 is run up into the grooves, thus locking the nut. In order toprevent the pin from dropping out, a pindock 13 is pivoted to the lowerface of the nut, so that its free end may be slipped over the lower endof said pin.

When the seat is jumped back, as indicated by the lines 14:, the saidcross-bars and sidebars may, if desired, be moved back, as shown by thedotted line 15.

A simple nut may be used instead of the nut 9, as described, and may besecured from working loose by paint, cement, or the like; but where thejump-seat is used it is important that the side-bars he slipped back,and in order to do this it is necessary to have a nut that can be easilyreleased and as easily tightened, for which reason we use, especially injump-seats, the nut-lock described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. In combination with a buggy bed and seat, cross-bar 5, provided ateach end with a, vertical perforation 6; side braces 7, their lower endsthreaded and provided each with a vertical groove 10, cutting throughsaid thread, the upper ends of said braces turned into hooks 8, andhooking over the shifting rods 3; threaded nuts 9, each having a groove11, cut through its thread; pins 12, passing up through said grooves,and pin-lock l3, pivoted to said nuts, and adapted to be turned underthe heads of said pins, thus preventing them from falling out,substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with a buggybed and seat, across-bar passing under thebottom of said bed, and provided at each end with a verticalperforation; side braces, their lower ends In testimony whereof IaffiXmy signature in threaded and passlng through sald perforapresence of tWo\vltnesses. tions, then upper ends hooking over shli'tlng r T rods ofthe top, and nuts screwing on the THOMAS (JLENDHHBG' threaded ends ofsaid side braces, substan- Witnesses: tially as shown and described, andfor the pur- L. AMIS,

poses set Forth. M. G. GATTING.

